CTBUH Releases Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2016
10 Jan 2017
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CTBUH News
Report
CTBUH has determined that 128 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were completed around the world in 2016 – setting a new record for annual tall building completions and marking the third…

CTBUH Releases Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2015
Jan 2016
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CTBUH Journal Paper
Report
CTBUH has determined that 106 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were completed around the world in 2015 – setting a new record for annual tall building completions.

CTBUH Releases Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2014
Dec 2014
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CTBUH Journal Paper
An All-Time Record 97 Buildings of 200 Meters or Higher Completed in 2014 and 2014 showed further shifts towards Asia, and also surprising developments in building functions and structural materials.

The Tallest 15 Cities in China
Sep 2012
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CTBUH Research
With over 1.3 billion citizens and a rapidly urbanizing population, China is developing tall buildings more than any other country globally.

Guangzhou IFC Chosen as Featured Building
Aug 2012, Guangzhou
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Featured Tall Building
Guangzhou IFC is a landmark tower which defines the emerging international strength of China’s third city and serves as a landmark for Guangzhou Zhujiang New Town’s main axis.

CTBUH Releases Tallest Buildings Completed in 2010
Dec 2010
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CTBUH Journal Paper
In a year dominated by news coverage of the new “World’s Tallest Building” – Burj Khalifa, Dubai – one may be surprised to learn that, besides being the year in which a building first surpassed the…

CTBUH Releases Tallest Buildings Completed in 2007
Dec 2007
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CTBUH Journal Paper
333 meters high with 72 stories and 480 suites, Rose Rotana Tower in Dubai leads the list of the 10 tallest buildings completed in 2007. The tower, which is developed by Bonyan International…

1984 Guangzhou 3rd International Conference on Tall Buildings
10-15 Dec 1984, Guangzhou
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Conference
The 1984 3rd International Conference on Tall Buildings was held from December 10-15 in Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China.

The Roots of Tall Buildings: Connecting the City
17 Oct 2016 –
Presentation at CTBUH 2016 China Conference;
Peter Brannan, Arquitectonica
This presentation investigated the integration of tall tower, mixed-use developments and how they connect with the city and the public when they meet the ground. Critical…

A Cultural Brand’s Journey Toward Building A Better New World
17 Oct 2016 –
Presentation at CTBUH 2016 China Conference;
Stanley Wu, New World Development Company Limited
New World Development Company Limited (NWD) has been a listed property developer in Hong Kong for nearly half a century. With businesses encompassing property development…

Guangzhou Finance Centre: an Elegant Simplicity of Form
20 Sep 2012 –
Presentation at CTBUH 2012 9th World Congress, Shanghai;
Chris Wilkinson, Wilkinson Eyre Architects
When a tower rises above the cityscape, it has a responsibility to make a positive contribution and a grouping of towers should make a visually acceptable composition.…

The Global Tall Building Picture: Impact of 2017
Feb 2018 –
CTBUH Journal, 2018 Issue I; CTBUH Staff, CTBUH
In 2017, 144 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were completed. This is the fourth record-breaking year in a row, and it brings the total number of 200-meter-plus…

Engineering of Guangzhou International Finance Centre
Mar 2017 –
International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 6 Number 1; Michael Kwok & Alexis Lee, Arup
The Guangzhou International Finance Centre (IFC) is a landmark building that symbolizes the emerging international strength of Guangzhou, China’s third largest city. It…

The Roots of Tall Buildings: Connecting the City
17 Oct 2016 –
Cities to Megacities: Shaping Dense Vertical Urbanism; Peter Brannan, Arquitectonica
This paper investigates the integration of tall tower, mixed-use developments and how they connect with the city and the public when they meet the ground. Critical…

A Cultural Brand’s Journey Toward Building A Better New World
17 Oct 2016 –
Cities to Megacities: Shaping Dense Vertical Urbanism; David Ho, New World Development Company Limited
New World Development Company Limited (NWD) has been a listed property developer in Hong Kong for nearly half a century. With businesses encompassing property development…

Façade Construction in China: Journey to Lean Design
17 Oct 2016 –
Cities to Megacities: Shaping Dense Vertical Urbanism; Allan Chung, Gensler; Ivan Mutis, Illinois Institute of Technology
There is a recent trend in the construction industry to implement “lean concepts,” a management strategy based upon the Toyota Production System philosophy. While the…

Climate-Responsive Exterior Enclosure Design
17 Oct 2016 –
Cities to Megacities: Shaping Dense Vertical Urbanism; Keith Boswell & Michael Duncan, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
In this paper, three different solutions in three different regions of China illustrate best practices for the design and execution of optimized building enclosure…

Cities to Megacities: Perspectives
Oct 2016 –
CTBUH Journal, 2016 Issue IV; CTBUH 2016 Conference Speakers
The CTBUH 2016 International Conference is being held in the three cities of the Pearl River Delta, the world’s largest “megacity,” projected to have 120 million…

Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2015
Jan 2016 –
CTBUH Journal, 2016 Issue I; Jason Gabel, Marty Carver & Marshall Gerometta, CTBUH
CTBUH has determined that 106 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were completed around the world in 2015 – setting a new record for annual tall building…

World’s Highest Observation Decks
Aug 2015 –
CTBUH Journal, 2015 Issue III; CTBUH Research
Perhaps no element of a tall building is more closely related to the pure pleasure of standing high in the sky and taking in the view of one’s surroundings than…

Highest Helipads
Jun 2014 –
CTBUH Journal, 2014 Issue II; CTBUH Research
In this installment of Tall Buildings in Numbers, CTBUH considers how helipads are used on skyscrapers, and which are the highest in the world. The results were somewhat…

Pearl River Tower Guangzhou, China
13 Jan 2013 –
Corporate Publication
Acknowledged as the world’s most energyefficient ‘green’ building, the gently curved Pearl River Tower is constantly in the public spotlight and media. Architects…

Guangzhou International Finance Center, China
13 Jan 2013 –
Corporate Publication
The Guangzhou International Finance Center is not only recognised as the tallest building in Guangzhou, but one of the most beautiful. A triangular base supports the…

Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2012
Dec 2012 –
CTBUH Journal, 2013 Issue I; Kevin Brass, Antony Wood & Marty Carver, CTBUH
For the first time in six years the number of tall buildings completed annually around the world declined as the effects of the global financial crisis became evident.

The Tallest 15 Cities in China
Sep 2012 –
CTBUH Journal, 2012 Issue III; CTBUH Research
With over 1.3 billion citizens and a rapidly urbanizing population, China is developing tall buildings more than any other country globally. Currently it has 239…

A New Approach to Green Urban Development in Asia
Sep 2012 –
CTBUH 2012 9th World Congress, Shanghai; Jeffrey Heller, Heller Manus Architects
Development in China has presented an opportunity for a new paradigm in the creation of large-scale, low-carbon /carbon-neutral high-rise, mixed-use urban centers. Two…

Guangzhou Finance Centre: An Elegant Simplicity of Form
Sep 2012 –
CTBUH 2012 9th World Congress, Shanghai; Chris Wilkinson, Wilkinson Eyre Architects Ltd
The design for the Guangzhou International Finance Centre makes the case for a high rise aesthetic that aims for an elegant simplicity, but expresses the function,…

A New Leader for Telecom Towers
Jun 2012 –
CTBUH Journal, 2012 Issue II; CTBUH Research
With the recent completion of two megatall telecommunication/observation towers it is perhaps time to review these structures and also explain why they are distinguished…

The Tallest 20 in 2020: Entering the Era of the Megatall
18 Jan 2012 –
CTBUH Journal, 2012 Issue I; Nathaniel Hollister & Antony Wood, CTBUH
Within this decade we will likely witness not only the world’s first kilometer-tall building, but also the completion of a significant number of buildings over 600 meters…

Tallest Buildings Completed in 2010
Dec 2010 –
CTBUH Journal, 2011 Issue I; CTBUH Research
In a year dominated by news coverage of the new “World’s Tallest Building” – Burj Khalifa, Dubai – one may be surprised to learn that, besides being the year in which a…

Case Study: Pearl River Tower, Guangzhou, China
Mar 2008 –
CTBUH 2008 8th World Congress, Dubai; Roger E. Frechette III & Russell Gilchrist, SOM
This paper will attempt to both define what is meant by ‘carbon neutral’ in the context of building design as well as using the case study to demonstrate how such an…

Tallest Buildings Completed in 2007
Dec 2007 –
CTBUH Research
333 meters high with 72 stories and 480 suites, Rose Rotana Tower in Dubai leads the list of the 10 tallest buildings completed in 2007. The tower, which is developed by…